Something people should know about, but don't

Well...my mom just returned from and Education First Tour (EF) with a group of students from her school district. Every 2 years since 2009, a group of students from Royal High School raises 3,000$ per student to go on a 10 day tour of any destination that they chose from the booklet. The last 2 weeks, my mom was traveling through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It sounds like an amazing trip! She got to go see a concentration camp in Germany, and traveled to the top of the Alps in Switerzland. Once she returned from her trip and we were having a 2 hour conversation on the phone, she told me 2 interesting facts about Germany and Switzerland that I had no knowledge about. First of all, the lead tour guide that travels on the trip with my mom and the students is always a native of the countries that they visit. So, they had a tour guide who was born and raised in Germany. She told them as they were on the bus driving through the city that they will notice there are no German flags being flown. They are not in front of banks, city halls, or schools, like you would normally see the American flag. You will see Bolgerian flags being flown, but not German. This is because after WWII, Germans are not 100% proud to be Germans, so they do not fly the flag of their country. In 2008 after Germany won the soccer cup, it was the first time in decades that the German flag was flown abundantly. Also, you cannot find any sweatshirts or t-shirts that say Germany. My mom was in Munich, so she was able to find a sweatshirt for me that says Munich on the front with the Bolgerian flag, but none that said Germany or with their flag.

Next, when they were visiting Switzerland, the tour guide told them that Switzerland is a very proud country that does not let many outsides live in their country. So there 3 ways an individual can live in Switzerland, 1: you were born there, 2: you married someone who was born in Switzerland and is a citizen or 3: you have a business license and work for a business in Switzerland. Besides those 3 reasons, any person cannot live full-time in Switzerland. The tour guide hinted that this was because they are a very proud country for remaining as a safe-zone during WWII.

These are very 2 interesting facts that I did not know or my mom did not know until she traveled there.